I had thought the high pitched horn sounded normal. But after learning that
poorly maintained horns could also emit shrill sounds, I thought that was the
reason for the high pitched.
Looking at Chicago Passenger Trains, I notice the NYC E units also have a
single horn on the left side, facing backward. I suspect it was the same type
of horn as on the Q E's. NYC engineers used it a lot coming thru Kalamazoo, MI,
doing something similar to what Ed describes the Q engineer doing: two long
sounds on the S2M and one short on the single horn. Sometimes both horns were
blown together.
I would be interested in the make and model of the single left-side horn.
sjl
Stephen and Linda Levine
steveandlindaare@c...
If trains were just for kids...we wouldn't wanna grow up!
----- Original Message -----
From: ed_de_rouin
To: BRHSlist@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:10 PM
Subject: [BRHSlist] Re: Passenger horn sound
Hi Listers:
SJL is correct.. In the mid-fifties, the right hand single bell horn
was replaced by a two bell horn, the Leslie S2M. I do not know
what the left hand horn model designation is, but it was a higher
and shriller pitched horn.
However, please realize that individual engineers developed
very unique styles. I asked questions about whistle signals to a
few experienced and admirable enginemen in the early sixties
and will cite two replies.
The Leslies were considered to be the country horns and the
sinle bell horn a city horn. the reason, you could clearly tell the
single bell horn from a truck, or car horn.
One gentlemen showed me how, when whistling for a grade
crossing, he used both horns for the first two sounds, the city
horn for the short sound, and only the leslie for the final sound.
Twas quite a performance.....
Ed DeRouin
--- In BRHSlist@y..., "David E. Lotz" <Dave_Lotz@m...> wrote:
> Hi Listers,
>
> Can I get some help with this one? Remember to add Larry's
email address to
> your replies.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Westchalco@a... [mailto:Westchalco@a...]
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 9:24 PM
> To: brhs@n...
> Subject: Passenger horn sound
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I have listened to several internet horn sites, but cannot find
the horn
> sound which was unique to CB&Q E units. It was a
high-pitched shrill sound,
> as I recall.
>
> Anybody there know the designation of these horns from long
ago? Thanks.
>
> Larry Loftus, Omaha
> westchalco@a...
>
>
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